generating station
Grid's power source
A generating station is a facility that produces electricity, typically on a large scale for distribution through a power grid.
The term is slightly more formal or technical than power plant, though both refer to the same thing.
Generating stations may be fueled by coal, natural gas, nuclear fission, or renewable sources like hydroelectric dams or wind farms.
- coalCombustible sedimentary rock
- power gridLinked transmission system
- natural gasSubterranean hydrocarbon fuel
- fossil fuelEnergy from decomposed organisms
- electric gridInterconnected electricity distribution network
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